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Show AMERICA KEEPS THE CUP, Shamrock Beaten In Tlirce Successive Trials and American Prestige Maintain&J. 8lr Tfcomtt Upton, the Elea h Chiliengcr Since We Won the Cup In 1651. all at Whom Hitc Been D! W1" Tf Y Ajiln-Liit Rice In a Cile So Brlili Stetm YachttWtre D itin-cd Llpion IbiiU the Sun ani Strlpet in Honor ol the Vlctorloui Columklj New York, OcL M rhroogh wild and hoary teat, In a bre I'"-1 "I1 proached the dignity of a gale the gallant aloop Columbia for the 1 bird aucccttUe time ranqulthrd the llrltltli challenger Hhamrock, b) l nilnulea and eighteen aeiondt, thin completing tho aerlet for the Amerleatcup with a magnificent rough-weathrrduel and a glorloua ankre rlctory Kor tho elerenth time the attempt of a foreigner to wrttt from America the yachting supremacy of the world hat failed The trophy won by the old achouner America forty elfhtyaraago la allll oura, a monument to tae tuperl' ortty of American teaminthlp and American natal architecture, and a landing challenge to the yachttmen of all nattona. The Intrlntlo ralue of the reward for which liuudredaof Ihotutoiliof dollart back with a heller boat to try again The prayer of Sir Thomat for wind wat antwered It waa blowing twenty Arc mllrt an hour lloth yachlt aped acroat the atartlng line before the twenty -live knot breeze wing and wing, their tpliiualicra breaking out HkepufTaof white tinoke and aettlng hard nt platter 'I he excuralon Iteet trailing down oil rltlienlde were timing tim-ing after the yachta at fast at their team would carry them Hut the big a'oopa ael to hot n pace thai they left half the tug hoata and tome of the ateatu yachtt attcni The Columbia rounded the turn Jiut terenteeu tecondt ahead of the challenger, chal-lenger, hating gained n minute and eighteen teinnda In tho fifteen mllct From Hilton the Columbia Increased her lead Tim challenger, realla'ng that aha wat being beaten In her own TUB A-MH1UCA CUP. were es ended lo teitiro It amall-ilmply amall-ilmply an anthiuited piece of allrer naro whlih (Jueen Uctorla otTered to Ike beat tailing taip in the world In Iho early daya of heir reign, but around It cluttera the pretlout meinorlet of unbroken American triumph ami the honor of matltry la the noblett of porlt TuHIr lliomai Mploa whoee name It uowndlrd to the Hit of defeated atplrautt for the hoaorot carrying tho cup back acrott the Atlantic, falluro waan iruthliig bluir Hit liopo had been high Hut like the true aportttnan that he It, the Ming ol defeat baa left no blttornot and with undaunted courage he Intlmatei that he may be kind of weather, apreal tall lo tlia danger point, but It wat all lu vain The Columbia waa more licit and left her In the riar lhe ruth of they achta through tho teat on the latt tack wat magnificent Ueytert tpurtrd from the bowt and drenched the tailor lying piled up agalntt the weather rail At the gallant gal-lant ankee ahot ncrout the Hiiith between be-tween the llghtthlpand the comiiilttto boat, the aklppcra of the fleet that hail got there In llmi alumtt forgot tnopeu their whlttlra, ao nbtorhed were they In the atlrrlug apictui le The I'rln, Hlr Ihoinatl.lplou'tttram vnclit, hoisted the tttrt and atrlpea lu honor of the victor, and wat honored by aalutcaanilihrera from all the crafL |